Saturday, May 22, 2010

Dead In The Family

My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Usually I jump right into a Sookie Stackhouse book and I don't stop until I reach the end. I'm completely satisfied and can't wait to crack open the next one. Sadly, I didn't feel that way with this one. For one thing the way the book began with the very short, choppy chapters I couldn't get into the flow until around page 92 or so. Once I hit page 100 I was off and running. The build up of tension went on throughout the book as it always does but the resolution felt too quick and left me feeling a bit disappointed.

I enjoyed the growth we saw in Jason's character and I hope that remains. Sookie's internal examination of her own character and how cold she's grown towards certain things was very well done. With so many different characters it's impossible to give everyone a lot of time on the page but there's never enough Sam to suit me. I think he's probably my favorite character in the series outside Sookie herself. Here's hoping the next book is a bit more enjoyable for me.

1 comment:

I started reading the Sookie series, gobbled them up like a bowl of crisps then moved onto her Grave Sight series, Shakespeare series, and now finishing Aurora Teagarden - Darn you Charlaine Harris - you've cost me a bundle at the Kindle store! LOLThanks for this great review!~Gwyneththe daring librarian dot com

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